Presentations at the Westfield Middle School Mini-Conference
Exploring Anti-racism in School Libraries: Contributions and Gaps Presenter: Miriam Larson,Teaching Assistant, at University of Illinois A 2007 study by the National Center for Education Statistics showed that white students scored on average at least 26 points higher than black students on all subject areas of the National Assessment of Educational Progress. This is just one indicator that structural racism is a pressing current reality. So what role can school librarians play to address racism in our schools? In this workshop we will look at existing scholarship about racism in librarianship. We will then examine several scenarios and discuss how librarians might play a role in working towards racial justice. This workshop is based on Miriam’s masters’ thesis project but it is not a “research presentation.” She hopes to create dialogue and get feedback from practicing librarians in order to improve her own practice.
Getting By With Google?: Identifying Where Students Struggle with Research and Information Literacy Presenter: Caity Selleck, EasyBib in house Librarian via a virtual session With the inundation of information, now more than ever, information literacy skills are imperative for student success inside and outside the classroom. Join us during this educational webinar to learn and discuss where students struggle with information literacy, when they are researching, and how they approach the research process.
Getting to Know the New School Report Card Presenter: Joyce Karon As a member of the P20 council, Joyce Karon is involved in the effort to share information around the state about the new school report card that will soon be in used in Illinois. At this session, a mock-up of the new report card. Joyce will take participants through the report card and help to Interpret the many new items, particularly the portion that deals with the 5 Essentials Survey, and give insight into how these changes apply to school library professionals.
Hooked on Books: Making book trailers using Animoto Presenter: Susie Oh, Information Literacy Instructor at Lake Forest School District 67 Looking for ideas to motivate students to read more AND integrate technology? Having students create their own book trailers is a fun and creative way to engage students. Students will use Animoto to design a quick and easy book trailer video.
Presentation - http://goo.gl/Hwh5Q
Learning from Your Peeps Presenter: Patti Fleser, Media Specialist at Deerpath Middle School Peeps: (pēpz) n. People, friends, colleagues, professionals, y’know, all those people that you often learn from. Media school specialists are often called upon to facilitate professional development (PD) in the school. But how do YOU get your PD? Build a learning network! Join us as we look at tools used to create an online Personal Learning Network (PLN), including Twitter, Blogs and RSS Feeds, and Podcasts. This session will help the beginner get started and those already immersed add to their PLN “peeps”.
Presentation Materials - http://www.slideshare.net/pfleser/learning-from-your-peeps AND http://www.diigo.com/list/pfleser/pln
More Than Just a Handsome Face: Male Protagonists in YA Literature and Their Struggles with Body Issues Presenter: Leanne Brown, Teacher at Century Junior High The purpose of this presentation is to present a comprehensive, thematic list of young adult fiction and nonfiction that features a male protagonist who has some type of physical struggle--a speech impediment, a birth defect, or weight issues, to name a few. Often young adult literature focuses on a female protagonist who is insecure with regards to her physical appearance, whether it be inside or outside of her control. This presentation will draw some connections between novels and nonfiction texts that portray male figures struggling and overcoming their physical limitations.
NOOK BOOK CLUBS: Learn How To Create A Club In YOUR School! Presenter: K. C. Boyd, Library Media Specialist at Chicago - AUSL Wendell Phillips Academy High School Simple Nooks are low-cost tablet devices that can go home! With the advent of many books in digital formats, Nook Book Clubs provide a great format to encourage students to participate in extra-curricular reading. In meetings, the students use the themes of the books they have read to launch discussions about topics and issues of importance to them. They develop college and career readiness by honing speaking, critical thinking and persuasive skills. Learn how you can use Nooks in your elementary or high school reading programs.
Public Libraries and You = Success for your Students Presenters: Mary Jo Matousek, Media Center Director at Meridian Middle School and Lisa Coleman, Youth Services Librarian Vernon Area Public District, Lincolnshire, Il Learn how working with your local public library leads to success both for your students and your Library Program. We have collaborated on many events throughout the year including; Additional Classroom Resources. Assignment alerts, Author Visits, Book Talks, Program promotion, Programing, Science Fair, Summer Reading club, etc.
RAILS Helps School Libraries Make Connections Presenter: Dee Brennan, Executive Director, Reaching Across Illinois Library System, and Veronda Pitchford, RAILS The Reaching Across Illinois Library System (RAILS) opens up a whole new world for school libraries. Services such as delivery and shared online catalogs provide access to a wealth of resources that no one library could afford on its own. RAILS Community online forums and training on interlibrary loan and other resource sharing issues help schools gain needed skills and share knowledge and best practices – often without leaving the library. Attend this interactive program to find out more about how RAILS can help you make valuable connections that will benefit you and your students.
Tumblring Storytelling Presenter: Mary Dubbs, Graduate Student at University of Illinois Learn how to use Tumblr to collect and organize storytelling ideas and experiences, as well as connect with other relevant storytelling Tumblrs for inspiration and networking. Based on a final project for a storytelling course: http://minnestory.tumblr.com/
Using Templates to Scaffold Research Writing Presenter: Joyce Westenberg, Library Media Specialist at Hampshire Middle School & Algonquin Middle School Research is embedded throughout the Common Core State Standards. Help your students to write well-organized, detailed, plagiarism-free research papers with less anxiety. My templates make writing research papers easier for students, and grading easier for teachers. I first introduced the template for research projects in several classes last year. Word of mouth had other teachers asking me to share this tool, but when a teacher asked me to come to her class because the students were asking to use the template for their project, I knew it was a success. Take home the tool that teachers and students are asking to use.
Using Visual Primary Sources Presenter: Jeanné Lohfink, District Librarian at Beach Park School District Are you working with students to build the skills of inference and analysis, but they are not great readers? Is there a push to read non-fiction and they don’t have the background knowledge? Begin with pictures! Over 65 percent of students are visual learners, and we can support their learning using authentic, primary sources. In this hands-on workshop you will utilize an analysis tool created by the Library of Congress, learn two ideas on how to bring primary sources into your classroom, and where to find them.
Presentations at the Westfield Middle School Mini-Conference
Exploring Anti-racism in School Libraries: Contributions and Gaps
Presenter: Miriam Larson,Teaching Assistant, at University of Illinois
A 2007 study by the National Center for Education Statistics showed that white students scored on average at least 26 points higher than black students on all subject areas of the National Assessment of Educational Progress. This is just one indicator that structural racism is a pressing current reality.
So what role can school librarians play to address racism in our schools? In this workshop we will look at existing scholarship about racism in librarianship. We will then examine several scenarios and discuss how librarians might play a role in working towards racial justice. This workshop is based on Miriam’s masters’ thesis project but it is not a “research presentation.” She hopes to create dialogue and get feedback from practicing librarians in order to improve her own practice.
Presentation - //http://www.slideshare.net/mimbyla/mini-conpresentationapr20//
Getting By With Google?: Identifying Where Students Struggle with Research and Information Literacy
Presenter: Caity Selleck, EasyBib in house Librarian via a virtual session
With the inundation of information, now more than ever, information literacy skills are imperative for student success inside and outside the classroom. Join us during this educational webinar to learn and discuss where students struggle with information literacy, when they are researching, and how they approach the research process.
Getting to Know the New School Report Card
Presenter: Joyce Karon
As a member of the P20 council, Joyce Karon is involved in the effort to share information around the state about the new school report card that will soon be in used in Illinois. At this session, a mock-up of the new report card. Joyce will take participants through the report card and help to Interpret the many new items, particularly the portion that deals with the 5 Essentials Survey, and give insight into how these changes apply to school library professionals.
Hooked on Books: Making book trailers using Animoto
Presenter: Susie Oh, Information Literacy Instructor at Lake Forest School District 67
Looking for ideas to motivate students to read more AND integrate technology? Having students create their own book trailers is a fun and creative way to engage students. Students will use Animoto to design a quick and easy book trailer video.
Presentation - http://goo.gl/Hwh5Q
Learning from Your Peeps
Presenter: Patti Fleser, Media Specialist at Deerpath Middle School
Peeps: (pēpz) n. People, friends, colleagues, professionals, y’know, all those people that you often learn from.
Media school specialists are often called upon to facilitate professional development (PD) in the school. But how do YOU get your PD? Build a learning network! Join us as we look at tools used to create an online Personal Learning Network (PLN), including Twitter, Blogs and RSS Feeds, and Podcasts. This session will help the beginner get started and those already immersed add to their PLN “peeps”.
Presentation Materials - http://www.slideshare.net/pfleser/learning-from-your-peeps AND http://www.diigo.com/list/pfleser/pln
More Than Just a Handsome Face: Male Protagonists in YA Literature and Their Struggles with Body Issues
Presenter: Leanne Brown, Teacher at Century Junior High
The purpose of this presentation is to present a comprehensive, thematic list of young adult fiction and nonfiction that features a male protagonist who has some type of physical struggle--a speech impediment, a birth defect, or weight issues, to name a few. Often young adult literature focuses on a female protagonist who is insecure with regards to her physical appearance, whether it be inside or outside of her control. This presentation will draw some connections between novels and nonfiction texts that portray male figures struggling and overcoming their physical limitations.
NOOK BOOK CLUBS: Learn How To Create A Club In YOUR School!
Presenter: K. C. Boyd, Library Media Specialist at Chicago - AUSL Wendell Phillips Academy High School
Simple Nooks are low-cost tablet devices that can go home! With the advent of many books in digital formats, Nook Book Clubs provide a great format to encourage students to participate in extra-curricular reading. In meetings, the students use the themes of the books they have read to launch discussions about topics and issues of importance to them. They develop college and career readiness by honing speaking, critical thinking and persuasive skills. Learn how you can use Nooks in your elementary or high school reading programs.
Public Libraries and You = Success for your Students
Presenters: Mary Jo Matousek, Media Center Director at Meridian Middle School and Lisa Coleman, Youth Services Librarian Vernon Area Public District, Lincolnshire, Il
Learn how working with your local public library leads to success both for your students and your Library Program. We have collaborated on many events throughout the year including; Additional Classroom Resources. Assignment alerts, Author Visits, Book Talks, Program promotion, Programing, Science Fair, Summer Reading club, etc.
RAILS Helps School Libraries Make Connections
Presenter: Dee Brennan, Executive Director, Reaching Across Illinois Library System, and Veronda Pitchford, RAILS
The Reaching Across Illinois Library System (RAILS) opens up a whole new world for school libraries. Services such as delivery and shared online catalogs provide access to a wealth of resources that no one library could afford on its own. RAILS Community online forums and training on interlibrary loan and other resource sharing issues help schools gain needed skills and share knowledge and best practices – often without leaving the library. Attend this interactive program to find out more about how RAILS can help you make valuable connections that will benefit you and your students.
Tumblring Storytelling
Presenter: Mary Dubbs, Graduate Student at University of Illinois
Learn how to use Tumblr to collect and organize storytelling ideas and experiences, as well as connect with other relevant storytelling Tumblrs for inspiration and networking. Based on a final project for a storytelling course: http://minnestory.tumblr.com/
Using Templates to Scaffold Research Writing
Presenter: Joyce Westenberg, Library Media Specialist at Hampshire Middle School & Algonquin Middle School
Research is embedded throughout the Common Core State Standards. Help your students to write well-organized, detailed, plagiarism-free research papers with less anxiety. My templates make writing research papers easier for students, and grading easier for teachers. I first introduced the template for research projects in several classes last year. Word of mouth had other teachers asking me to share this tool, but when a teacher asked me to come to her class because the students were asking to use the template for their project, I knew it was a success. Take home the tool that teachers and students are asking to use.
Presentation - Using Templates to Scaffold Research Writing:
http://bit.ly/13qP6DP
Templates:
http://bit.ly/Zt8FbB
Using Visual Primary Sources
Presenter: Jeanné Lohfink, District Librarian at Beach Park School District
Are you working with students to build the skills of inference and analysis, but they are not great readers? Is there a push to read non-fiction and they don’t have the background knowledge? Begin with pictures! Over 65 percent of students are visual learners, and we can support their learning using authentic, primary sources. In this hands-on workshop you will utilize an analysis tool created by the Library of Congress, learn two ideas on how to bring primary sources into your classroom, and where to find them.